#TeachSDGs Ambassadors.

listed by country

Argentina

Fernando Diego Barrionuevo is a lawyer, specializing in Environmental Law. He is also a professor at University of Buenos Aires and University of Morón. In both institutions, he teaches Environmental Law and works as a researcher. As Education is his passion, he designs projects based on the SDGs, aiming to transform local realities. A former Rotary Exchange student, he participated in their South Africa program, where he started his career as a teacher and project leader in vulnerable communities. He recently lived in India, where he worked on the Ganga River Pollution case. Presently he directs an education program called “The SDGs go to School,” which he co-designed alongside a colleague. @fdbarrio

Maria Florencia "Flor" Conforti is an English Teacher and book writer from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She describes herself as an education advocate who is always trying to look for innovative ways to teach our children and to develop global awareness in them. She strongly believes that all citizens must work hard in order to have a better world, and that the education systems must lead the initiative to achieve this goal. She is very interested in developing creativity and social skills in students since those will be vital characteristics for the people in the future. @florconforti1

Maria de los Angeles Suarez is a primary school ESL & ICT teacher. She has been a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert (#MIEExpert) since 2015, and later was selected as a Skype Master Teacher (#SkypeMT) in 2017. She considers herself a lifelong learner with a passion for technology applied to English language teaching. She is passionate about the use of ICT in the classroom to enhance learning opportunities and build bridges between countries & different cultures. She is willing to inspire others to embrace technology. Maria firmly believes that technology can help us become better global citizens who respect diversity and advocate for equal rights and social justice. @MariaAngelesSua

Sandra Viviana Rodriguez completed studies as a Political, Legal and Social Science professor, an Auctioneer and as a National Public Broker. She earned her Master's degree in Public Policy and Government (with a thesis on the process of "Social, Corporate Responsibility, Women and Small/Medium Enterprises in Argentina 2000-2015, viewpoint from the public, private and third sector"). As for her work experience, since 1989, she works as a Political Science teacher at a Middle Education school. Since 2006, she is a founding member and President of the Chamber of Women Entrepreneurs of Lanús. From 2011-2015, she was the Director of Economic Development of Lanús. @sanrodriguezme

Australia

Summer Howarth is the Director of Learning Design & Events at Education Changemakers and is one of Australia’s most connected education influencers. Summer has developed expert knowledge in design thinking, middle years schooling and environmental education through extensive work with some of Australia’s most forward-thinking schools and universities. From teaching Master of Teaching units at Sydney University to leading the Learning Collective and Learning Frontiers initiatives with AITSL, Summer has drawn upon years of senior teaching, policy and leadership experience and boldly emerged as a powerful and disruptive voice in education. With a Masters in Geographical Education, Summer was named as a Paul Harris Service to Girls Education Fellow. @EduSum

Bangladesh

Sarah Gloria Harkin, a TED Ed Innovative Educator, believes in developing skills in students today which will create the leaders we need for the future. By developing relationships with organisations and experts in our local and global community and providing meaningful learning opportunities for these community members to help our students solve real-world problems, we can achieve this. Educators teaching students alongside poets, designers and software developers provide the right environment for transformative learning. Helping students feel connected to local and global communities through collaboration with teammates across borders will help accelerate innovation and develop a deep appreciation for other cultures. @SDGYouth

Belgium

Koen Timmers teaches Computer Science in Belgium, and is an international speaker and author. He created Project Kakuma, an initiative in which more than 175 global educators teach African refugees via Skype. He also founded the largest educational website in Belgium, zelfstudie.be, which offers more than 60 digital courses, supporting 20,000 online students and teachers. Using a specific educational approach that he calls CARE! (Collaboration, Guidance, Real problem-solving, Empathy, and ‘the ! factor’ – being responsive to the student), more than 75% of his students find employment in web design within a year of leaving his classroom. Koen received the Microsoft Education Fellowship, the Toshiba DigiStudent award, and is a 2018 Top 10 Global Teacher Prize finalist. @zelfstudie

Canada

Christopher Black owns a consulting business in Canada focusing on the delivery of organizational change. The relationships he has developed throughout his career have been emboldened by his passion for the empowerment and education of others. His leadership of diverse project teams has given him a forum for this development. He will be expanding his business to the UK and will focus his efforts on building a network of organizations that mentor, guide and empower youth to become advocates of change. @gibson_projects

Allison Fuisz is an energetic learner who knows that learning never stops no matter your age. At present, she co-learns with some amazing French Immersion students in Ottawa, Canada, and is a National Geographic Certified educator. She knows that together, we can make the world a better place for all. @allison_fuisz

Benjamin Kelly is New Brunswick, Canada’s Inspirational STEM Teacher of the Year for 2017. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator on the Americas’ Board, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, a Global Minecraft Mentor and published educational researcher. He is a grade 6-12 classroom technology teacher and holds an additional title of “Lead of Innovative Design.” He has been a TeachSDGs Ambassador since 2017. Follow him on Twitter @BBTNB.

Stephanie McAnany is a young professional working in international relations for the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. She has a Master Degree in International Development and five years of experience working in the non-profit, international cooperation sector. Stephanie participated as an official youth delegate to the UN Summit to adopt the SDGs and has been hooked ever since. She is passionate about global citizenship and Agenda 2030. The first opportunity she brought to the team is a pro-bono consultation relationship with Plan International as they and their NGO partners prepare a series of Youth for Gender Equality events across Canada in 2017-2018. The effort will lead to a youth-led report to Prime Minister Trudeau in advance of the G7 meeting in Ottawa. @McAnanyS

Ada McKim is a World Issues teacher, an editor of a currents events publication for kids, and a co-founder of #TeachSDGs. She is a TEDx speaker, an avid non-fiction reader, and enjoys managing the @TeachSDGs Twitter account. Ada lives on the east coast of Canada with her three daughters. @Ada_McKim

Dr. Afroza Nanji is an educator of pluralism and global citizenship, and develops programs/resources in various contexts for adult learners and teacher development. She designs hands-on workshops that equip educators with tools to teach about sustainable development. Recently, Afroza designed workshops for the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development and World University Service of Canada. Afroza is a sessional instructor at the University of Calgary and has developed award-winning educational programs for the Alberta Human Rights Commission. She has conducted research for the Global Centre for Pluralism and is involved in Aga Khan Foundation initiatives. Afroza holds a PhD in education, focusing on adult learning theory and curricular responses to human differences in school settings. @AMNanji

Mark Reid is an educational technology consultant at SET-BC. He recently completed a two-year term at the British Columbia Ministry of Education, responsible for Arts Education curriculum, Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies curriculum, and developing a provincial Music Education Strategy. Mark is passionate about furthering the role of arts education in cultivating youth leadership, nurturing healthy community relationships, and as a vehicle for global citizenship education. He is known for work combining relational pedagogy into arts pedagogies as a means for modernizing instructional practice. Mark is the recipient of a JUNO award as the 2013 MusiCounts teacher of the year, 2015 Global Teacher Prize finalist, and a Conn-Selmer Educational Clinician. Mark is thankful to the Musqueam, Tsleil-waututh, and Coast Salish peoples on whose traditional territory he lives and learns. @mmgreid

Sean Robinson has been teaching for over 20 years in classes from kindergarten to high school in cities from Jakarta to Vancouver. He is the creator of Connections-based Learning and the Co-founder of Connected Learning Partnerships, grassroots initiatives to bring together educators from around the world for meaningful collaboration. @sr_tutor

Kathy Scheepers is married and is a mom with two amazing global citizens-in-training. She began her teaching career in 1998. Currently, she is seconded to the role of International Education Coordinator for the Ottawa-Carleton Education Network, the international learning partner of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. Kathy is always seeking and promoting opportunities for students to engage with their world at the local, national and international level. @KathyScheepers

Adil Skalli is a graduate of Carleton University in Communications and Political Science. He currently works as a Project Officer at the United Nations Association in Canada, where he oversees a variety of youth-oriented educational programming in diplomacy, entrepreneurship, negotiation, climate change action, and other professional skills. Adil is passionate about the work of the UN, & is particularly motivated to promote youth engagement in the resolution of international issues. The majority of Adil's work experience is in strategic communications and project management, but he is also known for his work leading training workshops and giving presentations on the issues about which he is most passionate. @AdilSkalli

China

Yau-Jau Ku currently teaches Grade 4. He is a photographer, storyteller, and TED-Ed Innovative Educator who strives to transform what learning means globally & creatively. @yaujauku

Colombia

Karol Arámbula is originally from Mexico and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and a Master’s Degree in Human Rights and Peace Studies from ITESO University. She is the National Operations Director & Founder of MY World Mexico, an initiative supported by the UN SDG Action Campaign aimed to engage stakeholders and individuals in SDG implementation through direct people’s engagement and public ownership. She has worked in numerous projects and programs led by the UN in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Peru, Uganda, the United States, South Korea, Switzerland, among others. She has represented civil society to the UN in nearly 40 high-level events and processes. Additionally, her team was awarded the People’s Voices Challenge Award for Best Multi-stakeholder Collaboration... @KarolArambula

Egypt

Soheir Zaki Abdel-Fattah is an expert science teacher in Victory College, Alexandria, Egypt since 1995. She graduated from Alexandria University, Faculty of Science and has her MSc. in physical organic chemistry. She participated in many Global educational projects such as "Human Differences," "Climate Action," "The World We Want" & 'Way2Peace," that aimed to achieve Global Goals by increasing the awareness of the goals by the students. She has earned certificates of attendance from National Authority for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of Education in self-evaluation, Quality Education for pre-university institutions, evaluation of learning outcomes, skills and good practices of external review for pre-university institution courses. She worked to achieve excellence in education using advanced technologies in the classroom to provide students with better education by embedding Microsoft applications in teaching. @sou_2022

Rania Ezzat M. Elsayed is an EFL Head Teacher in El Kafrawy Language School in Damietta City, Egypt, and she holds a post-graduate diploma in Methodology. She has obtained various certifications and international awards, including: Ministry of Education Microsoft Innovative Educator around Egypt; MIE Expert 2017-2018 and MIE Master Trainer; Skype Master Teacher 2017-2018; Global Minecraft Mentor 2018; Microsoft Sway Award in June 2017; Certificate of Participation in Climate Action global project in November 2017 (with Koen Timmers) and "Cultivate World Literacy" in April 2018. Her global project topics include: The Way To a Sustainable Environment, and Desertification. @ezatrania2

France

Isabelle Daisy Dusart is a French primary school teacher (grades 3-4). She is totally addicted to the Global Goals! For four years she has been teaching climate change and sustainable development (climate actions) with pupils. She wants to show to the children that they are a powerful strength of change: every one has a role to play. This year especially, she connects her pupils with children around the world (2 solidarity projects: donated books for children in Togo; and a project to assist child refugees with the UNICEF). @MOODD_org

Germany

Mareike Hachemer is a high school teacher for German, English and Drama in Wiesbaden and at the International Department of the Ministry of Education in Hesse, Germany. On a mission to connect learning to the UN Global Goals, she participates as a member of the Pestalozzi Programme, the Council of Europe, and as a UNESCO delegate for the role of teachers in Peace and Sustainable Development. She is a Global Teacher Prize 2015 top-50 finalist, a Teacher Prize Jury Member 2017, and a Fellow for the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes (Kansas). Her ideas are published in articles and public speeches, such as "Teaching - The Most Important Profession in the World," given at TEDxHeidelberg. @25MaHa

Ghana

Ryan Harwood is a Technology Integration Coach at Lincoln Community School in Accra, Ghana. He loves to learn, travel and share his passion for educational technology with others.He likes to spend his spare time surfing with his kids, reading, playing soccer and asking questions. @rharwood17

Guatemala

Miriam Lucrecia Higueros Aldanais a bilingual Pre-Primary teacher. She is passionate about English and everything related to American culture, history and especially grammar. She teaches English to pre-primary and primary school children. Her main focus is to familiarize them with the language and make them see the essentials of knowing another culture and the importance of speaking one of the most important languages ​​worldwide. Finally, her passion is to teach the Sustainable Development Goals to all of her students and to participate in global projects. @Lucre_2017

Hong Kong

Chris Gadbury has been both a Homeroom and Art teacher in Hong Kong for 14 years. Before beginning his education career, he trained as a graphic designer and created company logos and illustrations for fashion magazines. In his new role, he became intrigued by how children’s books could captivate their audience. He started writing children’s stories which were based around the IB learner profile and the Global Goals. As for maths and literacy teaching resources, he designed more engaging activities and games using vibrant graphics and more readable type, which resulted in more student enjoyment as well as improvements in reading and writing skills. He also shares during worldwide PDs with humorous and informative comics. @chrisgadbury

India

Banita Behera recently fulfilled a lifelong desire to become an educator after an exciting career in communication for British Gas (UK) and Vodafone (UK). She brings a unique combination of education and "real world" experience not often found in today's classroom teachers. She believes the time she spent in corporate sector has not only enhanced her communication skills; it has also provided her with invaluable insight and knowledge to bring into the classrooms. Further she has a level 2 NVQ diploma in communication from Guild College of London sponsored by 118.com, UK. At the moment, she is pursuing her Phd and registered visiting faculty to various universities here. She also working with an amazing intellectual team on drafting Child policy for state 2017. @banita128

Ayush Chopra is the founder of the "SDGs for Children" community. He expresses: "I got infected with SDGs when I was 13 years old. I was in 9th year class when I attended the school exhibition themed on the Global Goals “Sajag Nagrik, Samridh Samaj”." I am blessed to be part of the Ahlcon International School where students get exposure beyond Academics. At that time I realized that we need to make awareness about the UN SDGs and Human Rights infectious, not only to a few but also to the global world. The task is massive & time is too short. I continue my journey to promote Human Rights and SDGs through my Videos and other social campaigns on issues like Girl Child Education, STOP Bullying and Disability Awareness, etc." @Ayushchopra24

Vineeta Garg is working as IT Head at SRDAV Public School, India for the last 20 years. She is a Microsoft Innovative Fellow, Microsoft Certified Specialist, Microsoft Office Specialist, Master Trainer and Skype Master Teacher. She received the chance to showcase her work in an Educator exchange programme at Budapest in 2015. Recently she won the Global Cyber Challenge and was awarded by the Prime Minister of India for the same. She is also a winner of many National and International competitions and has started many campaigns at the national and international level. She strongly advocates the mobilization of technology to identify barriers and provide solutions for sustainable development challenges from the local to global level... @vineetagarg123

Neeru Mittal Neeru Mittal works as a PGT Computer Science teacher at SRDAV Public School for the last 20 years. She is also an MIE Expert, Microsoft Certified Educator, Skype Master Teacher, Microsoft Office Specialist, Teacher trainer and IT coordinator. Being a technology evangelist and a green crusader, she tries to empower students and educators to take action on the SDGs. She has initiated various projects at both national and international levels including Climate Action, food security and entrepreneurship. This has helped her students connect to communities at local and global levels, and provided the ideal environment for transformative learning. She has received various accolades for her contribution to the field of ICT integration into education at both national and state levels, including a National Award for "Innovative Teaching Learning Practices" as a project coordinator in June 2016. @neerumittal11

Kavita Sanghvi holds a Masters in Physics, Masters in Education and a Masters in Philosophy of Education. Currently, she is pursuing her last module of CAEL [Certificate in Advanced Course in Educational Leadership] course from Harvard University. She is an ardent Physics teacher who believes that learning has to be experiential in nature for it to sustain over a period of time, and she conducted many action researches on the same and was given the ‘Global Teacher Accreditation’ by British Council in 2014. She headed a school which offers an integrated curriculum in Mumbai. She is British Council trainer and Ambassador and MISA Secretary. In 2016, she was nominated as Top 50 teachers by Varkey Foundation for the Global Teacher Prize award... @sanghvi_kavita

Italy

Alexandra d'Epiro is a Ministry of Education Italian Teacher Prize Top 50 finalist, a Ministry of Defense Pantheon Guard of Honour National Institute World Heritage writer, lecturer, and film director with Ministry of Culture Cinema Documentary Film Direction Cinema Public Register registration. She received National and International Patronages like the Distinguished Patronage of the President of the Republic of Malta, three Rome Capital Capitol Patronages and the “Culture and Art Prize” in Civil Society and Legacy Conference, with Italy Senate, Chamber of Deputies, Presidency of the Council of Ministers Patronages. She has an intercultural Education Career from Harvard J. F. Kennedy School of Government, to University of Oxford, Malta, Rome. @alexandra_epiro

Luxembourg

Joel Bevans is an Early Years practitioner who is passionate about inquiry and hands-on learning. He has been connecting and collaborating with other classrooms and educators since his move, in 2012, to the international education circuit in Luxembourg. Fusing ideas and pedagogy steeped with technology, documentation and visible thinking strategies, he documents and amplifies his classroom’s ideas and thinking through global connections and projects. He is currently playing a leading role in Creating a Culture of Thinking, as an Activator of Thinking and Learning, at The International School of Luxembourg. @bevansjoel

Macedonia

Georgina Dimova is a Computer Science teacher of 15 years, curriculum trainer, blogger, and amateur photographer, as well as an Etwinning, Scientix and Edmodo ambassador. Georgina has also been a MIE expert two years in a row.Currently working in a primary school in Macedonia. she loves working with children and her passion is making educational process fun for the students. For three years she has coordinated international projects funded by ACES (Academy for Central European Schools) and has been a member of ACES Council for two years. The last two years she has been working as a coordinator for her school in the project “Regional Support for Inclusive education” – joint action of European Council and European Union... @gina_mkd

Mexico

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Netherlands

Luca Bucken Luca has worked with juvenile offenders in the squatters of Manila, supported the investigation of sex trafficking in Philippines provinces, and came to support survivors struggling to piece together their lives in the aftermaths of the typhoons. While studying law in the Netherlands, he co-founded an NGO campaigning for human rights in Germany and volunteered for a refugee search & rescue organisation in Lesvos, Greece. Luca now focuses on organising communities in support of the Sustainable Development Goals, as Partnerships Director of Liter of of Light, Public Relations Advisor of Maastricht University, and Ambassador at One Young World. @LMBucken

Nigeria

Olalekan Adeeko, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, is a seasoned educator, motivator and social entrepreneur per excellence. He has over the years garnered his wealth of experience attending local and international conferences where he has engaged men and women professionals across the globe. This has had a tremendous impact on his childhood slogan “Think Locally, Act Globally.” Today, he co-founded an advocacy engagement known as Tedprime Hub, which is a project that seeks to provide training and educational resources to teachers/students in all fields, to promote SDGs and as well to advocate for 21st century teaching and learning. @lincolndemo

Umar Farouk Ahmad was born and raised within the walls of the ancient city of Kano. As a young boy from Kofar Mata, he was inspired by his teachers to be useful to humanity. Currently, Umar is an MSc Nuclear physics candidate in Bayero University Kano, Nigeria with experience in Renewable Energy, Energy & Environmental Conservation, and Nuclear Energy Management. He designed a solar water still as his undergraduate project to help increase its efficiency for purification of water in rural areas and to provide access to portable and clean water. "One of my teachers used to say: 'A good idea is meaningless without the courage to act; you must speak up.' I shall continue to speak up for people and planet." @uphaarouk

Olaniyi Ayodele is a social change enthusiast dedicated to improving psychosocial development of teenagers and youths in Nigeria by helping them connect the dots of learning (education), opportunity and development. He has joined and also initiated several local and global campaigns towards a sustainable global environment. @olabode_jnr

Patrick Benblag is a responsive philosopher. He is a reputable Nigerian, an international writer, education activist, TeachSDGs Ambassador, poet, social critic, public speaker, debater and a revolutionary. He is the founder of Responsive Education Movement (REM); an internationally integrated intellectual nonprofit organization that is committed to building global change makers through responsive education for responsive actions. He is deeply committed to the SDGs with particular focus on goal 4 as he strongly believes that quality education holds the key to salvaging humanity from our current existential crisis. His goal is to use education to build a peaceful and sustainable environment. @Benblag

Oluwaseun David Kayode is a graduate of Accounting from the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta. His passion for education development made him start Rebook Africa, an organisation committed to improving learning in Africa by providing quality educational materials and resources. In 2017, he was selected as a pioneer fellow of Teach For Nigeria. During this fellowship, he would be teaching in schools located in underserved communities for two years. As a fellow of Teach For All Global Girls Education Fellowship, he is working with tens of other leaders in seven countries to advance the education of the girl-child. @kayoluwaseundav

Ella Obianuju is the founder of FliplearnKids, an edtech company based in Nigeria, which deploys learning initiatives aimed at improving classroom learning experience and the skills of educators, through the use of technology. As part of her passion for promoting quality education (which is one pillar of SDGs), she runs a social impact initiative tagged "Inspire a Child." It's all about mentoring students (in public schools) on the importance of pursuing their dreams against all odds. Since inception (2015), Inspire a Child has reached out to over 1,000 students from low income parents. @FlipLearnK

Emmanuel Odia Ogbebor, a.k.a. EmaOdia, is a Social Entrepreneur and Sustainability Consultant with kraftedbranding.com based in Lagos, Nigeria. He uses the #TeachSDGs platform to introduce @TheGlobalGoals to various campuses in Nigeria by leveraging both the social media platform and his network with the Hult Prize Foundation, being the pioneer Campus Directors Hult Prize. His core goals are #GlobalGoals 9, 10, 12, & 17 which he says he uses in promoting the actualization of #GlobalGoals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11 & 16. His skills include: Disruptive Creative, Brand & Image Analysis, Graphic Design, Crowd funding, and Digital Marketing. @emaodia

Dr Olurinola OluwaKemi, a Microsoft Innovative Educator Fellow and Master Trainer, has a PhD in Educational Technology and works with the Faculty of Education, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-iwoye, Ogun state, in Nigeria.She is also runs Exquitec Education Technology, a firm that assist schools integrate Technology in the teaching and learning process and train teachers on same. She is also host and facilitates free teacher training sessions tagged "Re-imagining Education". She is a speaker, has spoken at various conferences both nationally and internationally. She runs a non-profit aimed at empowering girls with the 21st century skills needed for today's society... @kolurinola

Jacob Olaoluwa Sule, a graduate of Public Administration, is currently enrolled as a 4th-year Law student at Osun State University. He serves as VP of NILS Traineeship and International Exchange. Notably, he founded the iRead To Live Initiative, a non-profit organization which focuses on supplementing government efforts in achieving the SDGs of quality and equitable education for all in Nigeria (@iRead_Live). He has administrative experience in office and managerial functions, analysis and problem-solving. As for teaching experience, he is a GA lecturer with Federal Polytechnic Idah, and supervised projects on Public Policy, Administration, Political Economy and Political Science. He serves at the OSU Legal Aid Clinic, is an active member of African Liberty Organization, Moot and Mock Society, and Debate and Public Speaking Club.@jhakes20

Norway

Barbara Anna Zielonka is an English teacher at Nannestad High School in Norway. There she is actively engaged in the teaching of English. She is a co-author of Skills and an instructional coach. She serves as a FlipGrid Certified Educator, a Buncee Ambassador, a Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator, a Digital Citizenship Champion, the Great Global Project Challenge Grantee, and a Top 10 Finalist Global Teacher Prize 2018 winner. @bar_zie

Philippines

Jim Toscano is the EdTech Integration Coach at Xavier School, Philippines. He is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Trainer. He was the first Filipino finalist to the Global Teacher Prize in 2017.The Global Teacher Prize, considered as the Nobel Prize for Teachers, was earned due to his work on elevating the standards of education in the Philippines through a meaningful use of technology in learning, emphasis on values educations to young learners, and providing better access to professional development trainings to the public school system in his home province of Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region. He is an Accredited Professional Development Consultant, as well as a Book Creator and SeeSaw apps ambassador. @jimtuscano

Portugal

Manuela Valentim is a Portuguese teacher, winner of three National Quality Label awards on eTwinning, Master Skype Teacher and MIE Expert. Interested in PBL and Digital Citizenship, she works at Agrupamento de Escolas Dr. Alberto Iria in Olhão, a small city in the south of Portugal. They are an ASPNet School and an Eco-School. She is the current coordinator of UNESCO's Projects at her school. As a teacher, she believes in empowering her students with the best tool of all, Education; and let their voices be heard. She believes that, "Together we can make the world a better place." @fatela1971

Romania

Mirela Tanc teaches language and literature at the ”Oltea Doamna” Secondary School in Oradea, Romania. Modern teaching methods have given her awards and global appreciation, and her students have obtained the best results in national exams. She serves as a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, as one of the only two Skype Master Teachers in Romania, as an MIE Trainer and as a member of the Harvard Learning Community. She is a Master graduate and a Harvard course in 2017. She thinks every teacher has the duty to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals in their teaching because all students have the right to quality education. Together we can! @mirelatanc

Senegal

Mamadou Lamine Ndiaye is 26 years old. He is an entrepreneur and founder of Joinafric, a for-profit and non-profit structure that provides solutions to social problems. In 2014, he launched an initiative on youth unemployment and underemployment, and in 2015, a project on the commercialization of agricultural products. In 2016, he started a project to promote Senegalese craftsmanship through new technologies. In 2015, it was nominated by Ashoka Changemaker among the 100 young innovating innovators of the world. @LamineNdiayej

Serbia

Anica is a math teacher, Scientix Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and Skype Master Teacher who is passionate about new technologies in education. "Math is all around us and that is the reason we need to learn how to solve the problems and not to be afraid of them. Sometimes, math is not enough. We need to know much more, and to have the whole picture about the world we leave in. We need to learn every day, and to use that knowledge not just to solve everyday problems, but to try to solve the problems of all humanity, so we could have a better future. We can only solve global challenges like poverty, inequality and climate change by working together. That is what the Sustainable Development Goals are all about – every one of us need to take a small step in making this world a better place." Anica's eTwinning project during the fall of 2017 involved SDGs and involved six schools across four countries: UK, Serbia, Ukraine, and Georgia. Her project "Sparks" involved almost 30 schools from 15 European countries. @AnicaTrickovic

Spain

Juan Luis Muñoz Arbona is a Teacher of History, Geography and Ethics Department in secondary education at a school in Ceuta (Spain). Apart from this, he is a seven-year experienced lawyer in Brussels working within European Institutions. He is responsible of the Media Department in Anna Lindh Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures Spanish Network Board of Directors since November 2015. The Spanish Network is coordinated by Instituto Europeo del Mediterráneo (European Institute of the Mediterranean). Main tasks on this job are related to empower young people and civil society, especially from Mediterranean countries, in achieving a personal and sustainable professional future while organizing seminars, conferences, projects and workshops to help promote this goal. @JuanluMArbona

Àngels Soriano is a Catalan language and literature teacher, at the Martí Sorolla (Grupo Sorolla) school located in Valencia, Spain. She always says that two of her great passions are: technology, which offers us the possibility to collaborate and to develop our creativity. And her other passion is Education, so being a language teacher is a gift she shares with her students. Since 2014, she has been fortunate to be recognized as a Microsoft Innovative Educator, and since 2017, a Microsoft Educator Fellow. This recognition has offered her the opportunity to collaborate, learn and share with amazing teachers. Her personal quote is: "Sharing is Caring." @angelssoriano74

Switzerland

Ian Smith has been a teacher of History, Economics and Business Management in the state, independent and international sector for over 20 years. As Vice Principal at Surbiton High School in the UK, he was responsible for pupil care, character development and an entrepreneurial mindset in teaching and learning. Since 2015, Ian has been working at the International School Geneva, the oldest and largest international school globally, teaching the International Baccalaureate and leading entrepreneurship across the Ecolint Foundation. He is an ambassador for the Princess Diana Award, and other socially entrepreneurial organizations such as the WE movement, Wildhearts, Entrepreneurs in Action, and Wings of Hope. In 2013, Ian was given the Queen`s Award for the Promotion of Enterprise in UK education. @ims_smith

Thailand

Mariano Zuk was born in Argentina and educated world-wide. His passion for youth empowerment, community engagement, and peace studies began with his involvement with the Japanese non-governmental organization Peace Boat in 2007. After he graduated in 2015 with a degree in Global Affairs and Policy, focusing on International Development Cooperation at Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies, South Korea, he moved to Thailand. This way, he could work closely with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), private sector and international organizations on a consultancy basis overseeing community development projects, monitoring and evaluation. He is also a homeroom teacher and the Information, Communication and Technology coordinator at a local international school in Bangkok. @marianozuk

Tunisia

Imen Tekaya is a computer science teacher in Sfax in south Tunisia, who also serves as an MIE Expert. She is prized for: the national top five Innovative Educators; the best national eTwinning project 2015; and Top 10 laureates in the national Science Fair for her pupil's creation for people with disabilities. She is really concerned for children and wants to help by creating a new generation of leaders and entrepreneurs who will think about sustainable development before taking any decision. Furthermore, she wishes to develop a generation of innovators, change-makers, and good global eco-citizens who are armed with empathy and science, while celebrating diversity. @im_teka

Uganda

Ruth Aine is a blogger, editor, author, speaker, and Communications professional who is passionate about getting people to tell stories especially online. Her recognitions include: UN Foundation Social Good Connector, One Young World Ambassador, Heinz Kuhn Stiftung alumni, and Global Shaper. She co-founded & created GoalHub, an on-line platform that enables Government agencies and non-profit societies in developing countries to crowd-source Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) based solutions to SDG-related problems that affect the poorest 40% of their population, and to crowd source and crowd-fund the implementation of these solutions through the UN, development agencies, private corporations and bilateral donors. Ruth is passionate about Africa & creating the #AfricaWeWant; #ICT4SDGs; Youth & Civic participation; Food & Travel. @ruthaine

UK

Jack Davies is a passionate advocate for the power of education and the arts to mobilise young people. He believes that by empowering young people to care for themselves and the planet, we can bring about significant global change. Jack currently works for London Leadership Strategy and sits on the Revolution Hive Advisory Board. Previously he has designed and delivered education programmes on behalf of Catch 22, The Challenge and Tutor Trust and volunteered for Reclaim on their Educating All programme. Jack studied philosophy and politics at The University of Manchester and is a graduate of the Uprising Leadership Programme. @JackDavies____

Dr. Harriet Marshall has been a teacher, researcher, academic, project leader and advocate in the field of global learning for nearly 20 years. She currently works on the groundbreaking Global Learning Programme www.glp-e.org.uk, working with many schools and teachers engaging with the SDGs and related global learning themes. @ham1

USA

Valerie Anglemyer is a 7th grade Language Arts teacher and instructional coach at NorthWood Middle School in Wakarusa, Indiana. Valerie loves global learning and is an MIEExpert, Surface Expert, Skype Master Teacher, Jacobs Award Winner, and a recipient of Indiana's Excellence in Education Award. Recently, Valerie has been co-teaching 7th grade Humanities, a combination of Language Arts and Social Studies with Mr. Steve Bowser. @valanglemyer70

Dr. Sandra Batista is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at USC. Through Sandra’s outreach activities, she encourages women, underrepresented minorities, and students from underprivileged backgrounds to pursue careers in STEM. She was an invited speaker for the Commemoration of the United Nations Annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science in 2017. She advises students’ projects in collaboration with organizations that support the UN SDGs that require software development and data analysis. In collaboration with Engineering for Change, we are exploring how this process of matching university students to work on projects that support the UN SDGs may be expanded to include many more universities and organizations. @sandraleephd

Juli-Anne Benjamin is a career educator who spent the last nineteen years in New York City's (Brooklyn) public schools working as an English educator, teacher leader and Literacy Coach. She is an instructional advocate and a devout reader; she advocates for culturally relevant and sustainable classroom libraries and responsive practice in schools. Juli-Anne has worked all across the Caribbean, taught English in South Africa, and taught (and delivered PD) in New Delhi, India. She is the Founder and Chief Organizer of EdCampBROOKLYN and EdCampNewark (NJ). She proudly served on The TeachSDGs Task Force in 2017. Additionally, she is now pursuing her doctoral studies in Instructional Leadership. @JuliB224

Alex Birchenall has been the assistant head of middle school at the North Broward Preparatory School for the past six years. Prior to that he taught history and geography for six years at North Broward and in New York City. He is an alum of the University of Delaware, Columbia University, and City Year Philadelphia. Alex works with other Nord Anglia Education schools to connect students around the world on Global Goals Projects. @abirchenall

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​Tejas Chafekar is a young professional working in the areas of clean energy and electric vehicles. He has a Master’s degree from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He worked with Tesla Motors before his current position working with a startup in Boston responsible for converting commercial trucks into hybrid electric vehicles where he is executing a key role of designing innovative algorithms to save fuel and reduce emissions. He has been selected by MIT to participate in the Internet of Things bootcamp to co-create IoT solutions and has won MIT Energy Hackathon. Additionally, Tejas is a promoter of sustainability, serves as a program leader for Startup Leadership Program in Boston, and is a recognized global fellow for UNLEASH SDG Innovation Lab. @tejaschafekar

Sharon Davison is a passionate educator who believes in creativity and innovation. She has the privilege of being a public school teacher for over 3 decades. She is committed to making a difference for her students, their families and other educators, who like herself, care, and are committed to making the world better.She believes in the use of synchronous and asynchronous tools as opportunities to enhance, enrich and connect learning opportunities. Her classroom is open globally. She creates a learning culture that is not only rich in resources, but opportunities. Through collaboration around a common need, we can promote positive change for the world. @kkidsinvt

Jodie Deinhammer has been teaching science in Coppell ISD for over 20 years. She was the Texas Region 10’s Secondary Teacher of the Year for 2015, and was the Texas Medical Association Texas Science Teacher of the Year in 2013. She is also an Apple Distinguished Educator. As an Apple Distinguished Educator, Mrs. Deinhammer works with teachers around the globe to help creatively integrate technology into the classroom. She encourages educators and administrators to create classrooms that allow students to investigate and address real world issues and create innovative solutions. Mrs. Deinhammer believes that students should have a voice in their education and that schools need to drastically change to meet the needs of our changing world... @jdeinhammer

Erin Dowd is a global education specialist and the curator of www.JRNEY.org, a website dedicated to amplifying teacher voice through global stories from the field. She is a founding member of Teach SDGs and serves as Committees Liaison. She is also the professional learning chair for the ISTE Global Collaboration PLN and was named an ASCD Emerging Leader for 2017. A former teacher and curriculum director, Erin has spent her career working to provide equitable education for students all over the world. Connect with her on Twitter @eedowd27 and @globaljrney.

Tammy Brecht Dunbar, M.Ed., S.T.E.M. teaches 5th grade in Manteca, CA, USA, and Pre-Service Technology at Teachers College of San Joaquin. She has co-authored two global projects: Human Differences (http://www.humandifferences.com) and Cultivate World Literacy (http://www.cultivateworldliteracy.com). A popular presenter and trainer (ISTE, BLC, CUE, NCCE, etc.), Dunbar was 2016 California Woman of the Year, Assembly District 12, a featured presenter on Microsoft’s 10/2017 Hack the Classroom event (broadcast to a global audience of more than 50,000), won an eInstruction $75,000 Classroom Makeover Video Contest, wrote a successful Enhancing Education Through Technology federal grant, and named Manteca USD Teacher of the Year. @TammyDunbar

Maureen Ferry, an architect, MBA and passionate educator, spent 15 years developing hospitality real estate in the USA, Europe and Asia. She founded HouseStories Inc which combines her passion for environmentally adapted construction, travel and education, and empowers a new generation to engineer creative solutions for the future. Energy, waste, water, food, shelter, and social justice are sustainability topics that align perfectly with K12 curricula and methods like PBL, DesignThinking, 21st Century Learning, Entrepreneurship, and STEAM. Through HouseStories and her role as a TeachSDGs Ambassador, Maureen is committed to creating K-12 curricula that inspire youth to make our future sustainable. @myhousestories

Todd Flory is a 4th grade teacher at Wheatland Elementary School in Andover, Kansas. Todd is a Skype Master Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, Buncee Ambassador, Microsoft Certified Educator, Google Certified Educator, and the 2016 PBS Digital Innovator Kansas lead. As an educator, Todd focuses on providing global collaboration and real-life, passion-based learning experiences for his students. Todd has a Masters degree in Instructional Technology and is the current Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics (KATM) President-Elect. Todd believes that teachers need to create global citizens in a global classroom to empower students to shape their future and the world’s. @Todd_Flory

Donna Guzzo is Director of Operations for the Language Exploration Enrichment, LEE Spanish Program, in St. Johns County School District, Florida. Additionally, Guzzo has over 20 years-experience in education in the classroom (ACTFL certified, superior level); management; and non-profits. She is community-oriented as a Mentor, Rotarian, Chamber of Commerce member, SCOLT, FFLA and FLENEF member. Guzzo has presented internationally on topics about cultural diversity, using apps and social media in the classroom. Notable was her presentation made at Harvard, which resulted in an invitation to present at Providence University in Taichung, Taiwan. She adopted the Sustainable Development Goals during the 2016-17 school year with SDG2. @LangExploration ​

​Matt Hamilton is a teacher-learner at Saline High School in Michigan who is passionate about infusing the Global Goals and global citizenship education into all parts of his curriculum. In his district, he is a "next-gen" teacher, pioneering a "student-led, future-focused" design for pedagogy. His classroom is interactive, dynamic, and flexible, relying on contemporary pedagogies like Project-Based Learning and Design Thinking as well as powerful media and technological tools to provide personalized, student-led, and de-centralized collaborative learning. Matt recently received his MA in Social Foundations of Education from Eastern Michigan University, where his work focused on ecojustice education, peace education, and global citizenship education. @mhamiltonedu

Guy Hamlin has been teaching life lessons to his students for 25 years. His greatest wish for young people is for them to become global thinkers and action takers. Using the SDGs as a major context for instruction allows Mr. Hamlin's students to learn the S.T.R.U.T. - Stuff That's Relevant, Useful, and Timely. Hamlin has been a Fellow with both the Transatlantic Outreach Program (TOP) and with Teachers for Global Classrooms (TGC.) He is currently pursuing an online Masters degree in Global Education through the University of Illinois. @207teacherguy

Ned Kirsch is the Superintendent of Schools of Franklin West Supervisory Union. This year, FWSU was recognized and accepted as an exemplar school district by Project 21; is a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools; was named by International Virtual Schooling as a Distinguished Global School District; and was also the first Apple Distinguished Program in Vermont. In 2015, Ned was named as honorable mention in the Digital Innovation and Learning Award (DILA). He used to be the Essex Middle School Principal where he was named Vermont Middle School Principal of the Year, as well as the past-President of the Vermont ASCD. @betavt

Kimm Murfitt is an energetic National Board Certified teacher from North Carolina. She has been an educator for nineteen years and currently is serving as an IB Coordinator for a middle school in her community of Concord, North Carolina. She is a Participate Connected Educator and also serves as a peer mentor for Participate Learning. She is an active supporter of the SDGs and much of her work with students has centered on education, poverty, and sustainable cities and communities. She has a special interest in community partnerships. As a teacher leader and mentor, she serves as a bridge between teachers and global goals. She is committed to engaging and empowering youth by strengthening the support for teachers. She believes that the goals unite us all and together we can make them a reality! @kmurfitt1

Estella Owoimaha-Church, a Global Teacher Prize Finalist 2017, holds a M.A. in Education: Language Arts & Literacy and a B.A. in African-American Studies: Urban Education. She teaches theatre in Los Angeles, helping youth to employ performing arts as a community service tool. Mrs. Church is also an education consultant, as well as a reading, curriculum and pathway specialist. Though in the classroom full time, Estella remains active with several community organizations, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Media Done Responsibly, Creative Vision, and Arts for L.A. @eochurch

Caroline Petrow, M.Ed. is a second grade teacher in Durham, North Carolina. A graduate of Vanderbilt University and University of North Carolina Charlotte, she holds degrees in child development, elementary education and reading. As a former DC Teaching Fellow, Caroline’s educational mission is to “teach where we are needed most.” She is dedicated to student-centered, authentic learning and believes children can help create global solutions. Eager to continually improve her teaching practice, Caroline welcomes opportunities to collaborate with other educators around the world. @CarolinePetrow

Wendi Pillars, NBCT, has been teaching English-language learners in grades K-12 for over 20 years, both stateside and overseas. She also works as a facilitator with the Teacher Leadership Institute, helping guide emerging teacher leaders in shaping educational policies and practices. She is the author of "Visual Notetaking for Educators: A Teacher's Guide to Student Creativity," and a frequent contributor to EdWeek and other educational platforms. Wendi is an active member of the Center for Teaching Quality, a recent Global Classroom Fellow through the State Department, and a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow. She is focused on providing brain-changing and perspective-changing learning opportunities with language learners and loves to explore new ideas with her students. @wendi322

​Andrea Relator is a high school social science teacher of history and political science in Loudoun County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington DC. She has a Masters in Curriculum & Development (ELL) and is committed to making global education accessible for all students. Andrea strongly promotes the discipline of global competence and believes that instilling those skills in students involves more than recognizing perspectives and communicating ideas. She focuses on providing opportunities for real-world, interconnected global learning by actively involving social science professionals and incorporating educational and industry technology including lessons in MakerEd. ​As a member of her district’s social science curriculum innovation committee, Andrea helps teachers in the district learn more about the SDGs as a way for students to connect to the world through PBL practices. @andrearelator

Connie Rensink is a passionate global education consultant dedicated to helping teachers integrate global issues and perspectives into existing curriculum. Her vision is to prepare students to be globally collaborative.In her twelve years in the elementary classroom, Connie wrote curriculum, led vertical planning, presented professional development, and coordinated Club We Can, a nationally recognized service club for 3rd through 6th graders. She loves to travel and learn about the world, and engage with the cultural diversity of her home in Manhattan. She has completed graduate course work in China, a Fulbright – Hays Project Abroad to India, and the Global Competence Certificate (GCC) through World Savvy, Columbia University, and Asia Society. @rensink_connie

Amy Rosenstein teaches elementary school in Westchester County, NY. Co-Founder of TeachSDGs.org, she is a Skype Master Teacher, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and PBS Digital Innovator. Amy holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Cornell University as well as a Master's in Elementary Education. Traveling the world via Skype with her students to places like Hong Kong, India, and Kenya, she incorporates digital storytelling, blogging, self-publishing and other web tools into her classroom. Author of the Scholastic eBook, 10 Fresh Ways to Incorporate Technology into Your Classroom, Amy is a recipient of the 2013 Pioneer Award and is a writer for KQED Education. @SkypeAmy

Fran Siracusa, a classroom Spanish teacher for over 20 years and Educational Technologist, is the co-founder of #TeachSDGs, Calliope Global, and Edcamp Tampa Bay. Her passions are student-centered learning, global projects, World Language study, sustainable development and social good. Fran creates unique opportunities for teachers and students to develop a culture of innovation through the incorporation of digital technologies and sustainable global partnerships. In order to authentically improve the educational landscape, she shares her expertise and experience through teaching, speaking, and professionally writing for educational companies, magazines and blogs. In 2017, she earned the prestigious ISTE Global PLN "Innovation in Global Collaboration" Award. Finally, Fran happily promotes educational excellence by serving as an Edutopia guest blogger, and as an "ambassador" for Kahoot!, Buncee and Flipgrid. @ProfeEdTech

Naomi Volain is a Science teacher and educator from Los Angeles with deep experience teaching diverse students. Her educational focus is Environmental Science as the most important lesson to learn, as our natural resources underlie all global problems. Currently she is a reader-researcher at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, creating a website connecting plants with Earth’s environmental sustainability.She accepted a Biology Adjunct Faculty position at Pasadena City College. She has received national and international awards, including Top 10 Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize in 2015. She networks with teachers globally and nationally, in global education, Science, and NASA education. @NaomiVolain

Gina Whitcomb has served in education for almost 20 years. She spent over a decade in the classroom teaching elementary students. She has also spent years as an instructional coach and digital learning coach. She is a recent Teachers for Global Classrooms fellow and spent two weeks in rural Senegal for her field experience. She is also a Global Teddy Bear coordinator and Seesaw ambassador. Currently, she is serving a K-6 elementary school district with over 18,000 students as a TOSA of technology. She hopes to spread awareness and information about the #SDGs to her students and community. @techTOSAgina

Dr. Jennifer Williams is a globally minded educator that works with classrooms of the world to connect learning and experience through meaningful uses of technology. She is an Education Strategist at Participate, professor at Saint Leo University, serves on the Board of Directors for the International Literacy Association, and is a co-founder of #TeachSDGs. She is passionate about sharing on practices that develop global perspectives and support social good. @JenWilliamsEdu

Uruguay

Sylvia Fojo is a passionate global teacher. She has been working at the Uruguayan American School since 1983. She loves diversity and believes we need to transform education. She has also taught in public schools. Sylvia has a Masters Degree with an emphasis in Values, but nowadays, she is a Grade and Computer Science Teacher. She has taught all ages, and each one of them have something special. She believes we have to develop skills to prepare native world citizens to be successful in any part of the world. She is also a member of ISTE and tries to be updated constantly. @FojoSylvia

Vietnam

Thuy Nguyen is a graduate of Hanoi National University of Education, Vietnam and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. She is passionate about new technologies in education and pursuing personal global experiences through running global projects that bring the Global Goals to students. She is committed to preparing students for success in the 21st century by designing and implementing curriculum that embeds global competencies, and requires students to utilize technology in a meaningful way in order to solve real-world problems. Her project, “Obesity prevention,” involves the SDGs and is already in schools across five countries: Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Egypt. She strongly believes in the power of education and student voice in making the world a better place. @NguynTh10903062

Nam Thanh is a primary school teacher at Vinschool in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. He has authored multiple articles, and been nationally and internationally recognized for the implementation of creativity and the integration of technology into his teaching. Nam loves teaching #SGDs and is an inspirational person for other teachers in the transforming to teaching and learning. He is now a Microsoft Master Trainer, Skype Master Teacher, Microsoft Teacher Ambassador, Flipgrid Ambassador and ClassDojo Ambassador. Nam works passionately to develop creative approaches to delivering quality education to his students in ways that inspire them to learn. @mrnamvas

Yemen

Yazeed Al Jeddawy is an EFL/ESL instructor at AMIDEAST Yemen. As an educator, Yazeed believes in the power of education and its impact on the development of impoverished communities. Through teaching English to students of different ages, backgrounds, and purposes, he aims at empowering his learners' critical thinking and understanding of the most pressing global issues. Yazeed also trains community youth in Public Speaking Skills and Citizen Journalism. He writes for Almashhad Alyemeni media and news agency. He is also certified as a peacebuilder by the UNOY, and has implemented the ACT on 2250 project in Yemen. @YAZEEDALJEDDAWY

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Digvigay Sandhu@DigvijaySandhuIndia

Digvijay Sandhu is a graduate in Economics from Delhi University and is currently pursuing his Masters in Development Practice. He has previously been involved in preparing National and State Health Accounts – India, 2013-14 and has worked on projects funded by USAID, UNDP, and European Union. He is currently appointed by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth as a campus coordinator. Digvijay is passionate about the SDGs and continues to work with student bodies across universities to ensure promotion & local adoption of the Goals. He is part of governing body of the Entrepreneurship Development Cell at TERI University and is leading projects to boost entrepreneurial spirit among the youth. Digvijay is an experienced researcher and has published in reputed journals on health financing in India. He believes that a global change requires local action and youth play a major role in it. He is involved in a School-University Network (SUN) program and is designing classes for school students nurturing them on the importance of the SDGs and how can they be incorporated in day to day lives. He is certain that education has the potential to change the status-quo and make the world a better place.

Maringe Hasha Seine@MaringehsZimbabwe

Maringe is a young philanthropist and dynamic change agent who is inspired and committed to advance ICT for sustainable development in Africa. He has exhibited exceptional passion for developing ICT-enabled collaborative pathways to major problems in society with deliberate emphasis on climate change and youth engagement. He possess strong social and communication skills, with international experience in systematic and collaborative approaches to ICT policies and practices. Since 2012, he has represented Zimbabwe’s ICT Civil Sector on a number of both regional and international conferences and workshops. A certified Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Civic Leader and Alumna committed to transforming Africa. Maringe is a co-founder of the Information and Communication Technology Association of Zimbabwe (ICTAZ), Founder of the Institute for Youth Engagement in Sustainable Development (IYESD), and is a member of The International Youth Council (IYC).

Manuela Prajea@ManuelaPrajeaRomania

Suzy Manuela Prajea, Ph.D. in Mathematics, is a Math teacher and principal of one of the most prestigious middle and high schools in Romania. She is renowned for her contributions in the innovation of the way of teaching mathematics in the classroom. She prepared many generations of national and international Olympics during the years and she was permanently preoccupied to reverse the process of the abstraction of mathematics by bringing the real life applications in her math courses. Voluntarily, she founded the Space Invaders program in her school, a STEM program designed to transfer mathematics in cutting edge contemporary issues from business, industry, medicine or science. She is a Varkey Teacher Ambassador, Global Math Project Ambassador, Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert, and Honeywell Educator. In addition to Space Camp, these are only some of the programs she strived to implement in her school, community, district and country. Promoting applied mathematics, global education principles and the Sustainable Development Goals in their mathematics lessons raised her in this moment to be shortlisted for creating the STEM resource portfolio, a team project in the PISA4u Programme 2017. Her innovative ideas, approaches and work brought her as finalist of the Global Teacher Prize, the 'Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction' and many other national prizes.

Emmanuel Abeng@AbengemmaCameroon

Emmanuel Kom Abeng, Master in Comparative Public Policy and Welfare Studies from the University of Southern Denmark. For over five years he has been involved in capacity building of local communities and strategic policy advocacy to achieve a change in local policies in conformity with MDGs and now the new SDGs.He is the Policy and Advocacy officer at SDGsCameroon engaged in fostering government efforts to curb environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions in line with Cameroon ́s Horizon 2035 Agenda. In SDGsCameroon he researches on the most effective public policies to foster Gender Equality in Cameroon with attention on the cultural dynamics. He runs a Women Empowerment Project for Cameroon in partnership with Emergency Architecture and Humans Rights-Denmark. His work in Cameroon has at its core the management of chemicals and waste as key towards poverty alleviation, food, health, water, cities, production and sustainable consumption. He serves as avolunteer in Afrika Kontakt - Denmark Health Rights Group focused on capacity building and empowerment of grassroots communities. He also serves as a Promoter for UNICEF-Denmark defending the rights of every child. He believes the most efficient way of alleviating extreme poverty in all its forms and dimensions starts from education and a curriculum with the Global Goals as one of the pillars.

Armand Doucet@DoucetArmandCanada

Armand Doucet is a visionary, passionate and globally recognized award-winning educator, social-entrepreneur and business professional.A sought after leader, inspirational-speaker, author, columnist and blogger in multiple fields, Armand has contributed to CBC, Education Partners, BrainStem Symposium, STEM Educators Symposium, Atlantic Education Summit, #TeachSDGs, Tedx as well as many others. He has led, and collaborated with, teams from around the world, an across different industries, to success in health, education, non-profit and business. Armand was the president and founder of the Ironwill Foundation and was also part of a team of teachers who brought Harry Potter to life at Riverview High School, connecting the school to over 1.8 million people worldwide. He is driven to make a difference in his students’ lives and wants every student to inspire, educate and empower others to reach their full potential.Recently, Armand founded Life Lesson Learning, which is working to change teaching worldwide by giving 21st century skills development its proper place in the classroom through his Passion projects initiative. Armand received the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence 2015, is a Meritorious Service Medal Recipient Governor General of Canada, is an Apple Distinguished Educator and has just recently been nominated in the Top 50 for the Global Teacher Prize. A two time Ironman athlete, he currently inspires and empowers students at Riverview High School, in New Brunswick, Canada and is working on a children’s Picture book series to empower girls to believe that they can do STEAM jobs and find solutions to the UN sustainable goals. As always, Armand is inspired by his incredible wife, Nicole, and his two girls.

Hamadony Muzafarov@hmuzaf1Tajikistan

Hamadony ​Muzafarov is a former English teacher in the Rasht District of Tajikistan. In 2006 he founded the Hamadoni Muzafar Learning Center and for over ten years, he taught English and conducted educational programs for youth in his village, encouraging his students to use English to develop leadership skills and build relationships with the international community. The English language programs were supported by the U.S. Department of State grants and Hamadony received grants from U.S. based NGO Bridges to Tajikistan to launch leadership development club for girls and from IREX and RELO to conduct teacher trainings for novice teachers who come from remote areas of Rasht District. Hamadony’s work as a teacher emphasized the importance of girls’ rights to education. In 2016, he won two global competitions:The Teaching Changes Lives Award from the University of Oxford and Global e-Innovation Teacher Award from the Bharti Global Foundation in India. He graduated from the Tajik State Pedagogical University and has participated in two American professional exchange programs. In 2017, he joined the UN and currently serves as a National UN Volunteer in Tajikistan.

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Mark Wise@wisemancomethUnited States

As an educator with over 25 years of experience in the classroom, district, and state level, Mark is committed to prepare students for success in the 21st century by designing and implementing curriculum that forges interdisciplinary connections, embeds global competencies, and requires students to utilize technology in a meaningful way in order to solve real-world problems and address authentic audiences. Mark currently serves as the K-12 Supervisor for Curriculum and Instruction for West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in New Jersey. Previously, he taught high school history and government in Washington D.C. as well as New Jersey where he was acknowledged for his real-world experiential pedagogy running on his students’ platform for US Senate. Mark did his undergraduate work at UMASS Amherst in political science/history and received his Master's in Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Mark’s work led to his being recognized as the 2010 Visionary Supervisor/Director of the Year for New Jersey along with receiving CTAUN’s Best Practices Award in 2007 and 2010 for his design work for middle school students to engage in solving global development challenges.

Mabel Bashorun@FCPSGlobalEdUnited States

Mabel Bashorun is the Global Education Specialist at Fairfax County Public Schools based in Northern Virginia. She facilitates student and teacher exchanges and arranges international visitations for the district. She leads professional development workshops on global education for K-12 teachers, using the UN Sustainable Goals as the basis for the curriculum development. Prior to her work in Global Education, Mrs. Bashorun taught 7th grade English for FCPS for 5 years. From 2011-2012, she served as a teacher trainer fellow in Ghana for IFESH, a non-profit organization that focused on improving the quality of education in sub-Saharan Africa. Mrs. Bashorun earned a Graduate Certificate in Incorporating International Perspectives in Education from George Washington University and a B.A in English & Secondary Education from George Mason University.

Mohammad Ba-Aoum

Saudi Arabia

Mohammad works as lecturer and researcher in Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia. He believes that innovation happens at the interference of disciplines, which has led him to pursue interdisciplinary approaches to his job as an academic. Mohammed holds BS. in Electrical Engineering from KFUPM, MS. in Industrial Engineering and MA in Social Pedagogy from Arizona State University. Currently he is a PhD. Students at Virginia Tech University in ISE. His research interests lie in harnessing the power of science, technology, and engineering in catalyzing social change and sustainable development.Mohammed is a young leader at the Earth Charter International, an international ambassador for Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) and a co-founder of "Better Together "an interfaith organization works on creating positive, meaningful relationships across cultural differences.​

Naomi Volain@NaomiVolainUnited States

Naomi Volain is one of the Top 10 Finalists for the 2015 Global Teacher Prize. Most of her teaching career was in the Springfield, Massachusetts inner-city, where she used hands-on and interactive methods in environmental literacy and outdoor education. As a top 10% finalist for the NASA Educator Astronaut Corps, she uses NASA resources in her teaching. Field trips and scientific research are important ways that her students act as student scientists. As a coach of the school Envirothon Team, her students have won several environmental research awards. Naomi also received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science, the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators (Honorable Mention) and was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Bridgeport. She worked for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Education Office.

Sally Edwards​@sallyedwaThe Netherlands

Bijal Damani@bijaldamaniIndia

Sally Edwards is a graduate of the University of Kent, holding an MBA, and an undergraduate degree in English Literature. The majority of her work experience is connected to education, where she has worked in many different educational contexts across Europe. Having seen a lot of schools and classrooms over the years she is passionate about wanting to change the classroom and learning experiences that children encounter. She is convinced that when teachers reach their fullest potential in the class, they can then help kids reach theirs too. The SDGs make perfect sense to her, what can be more powerful than combining teachers and kids to start a global revolution in awareness and change? This is the power she sees in this initiative and is committed and enthusiastic about bringing the SDGs into mainstream education in The Netherlands.

Kiyotaka Horii@KiyotakaHJapan

Kiyotaka Horii is a teacher at Nishimachi International School in Tokyo. He is working as the Elementary Japanese Curriculum Coordinator. As a Head of Minecraft Language Institute and Super Science Kids Academy, board member of Japan ASCD, Intel Master Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator and Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts, he has been developing different type of curricula and organizing several technology focused events in Japan. He supervised to develop an SDGs focused curriculum for WWF Japan and launched a contest called "WWF Japan Picture Book Contest". Oji Holdings Corporation is sponsoring this event and the children in Japan are studying about FSC. Kiyotaka believes that his action to change the education system in Japan is possible to carry out. KiyotakaH.com is his site that provides variety of lesson plans.

Bijal Damani is an international educator teaching Business and Entrepreneurship to Grade 11-12 students at S N Kansagra School in India. Bijal believes that for any education to make sense to the students, it must be taught in the context of real life. A firm believer of connecting her classrooms to real life – she has pioneered two projects. Social Entrepreneurship Project Galaxy Bazaar teaches students the trick of the trade and makes them creative capitalists. Not only that, the net profits earned from project Galaxy Bazaar are used to provide free quality education to girls from the underprivileged sections of the community. Project Galaxy Bazaar has earned and donated more than $125,000 U.S. for educating more than 1500 students. The project aims to support UN SDG 4 ( Quality Education) and SDG 10 ( Reducing Inequalities) Another project is in form of a competition called Innovative Product and Marketing Competition. In this competition, students team up, look around their own communities, spot a problem and come up with an innovative product to make this world a better place. Students also create an entire Marketing plan including radio jingle, television advertisement, and a website to launch that product. More than 125 such products have been innovated by her students. Bijal’s classroom practices and projects have been appreciated by many of international educational organizations. She was one of the Top 50 educators for $ 1 Million Global Teacher Prize. She is also the only Asian teacher to have been honoured by Association for Supervision , Curriculum Development (ASCD) and International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and Turn Around Management ( TMA) She has also been honoured with a ‘Good Samaritan Award’ from Forbes for her attempt at bridging the gap between two sections of the community through Galaxy Bazaar. Bijal also believes in effect use of technology of classroom. She is the first teacher to become a Google Certified Teacher from Mountain View. She is a Microsoft Expert Educator and a winner at Microsoft Global Forum as well. Not only that, Bijal is one of the Indian Edmodo Ambassadors and was an invited speaker at EdmodoCon 2013. Bijal is also a TEDx speaker and is heading the TED Club in her school.

Alia Husseiny@AliaSaadJordan

I am an IB educator that holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and Education. I believe that while learning new concepts and world issues (such as the Sustainable Development Goals) students will develop positive attitudes towards what they are learning and by default will initiate actions that will help and support their communities, thus activating the service learning projects that will promote a more peaceful world.

I am a previous Primary School Principal and am currently working at the Bishop School in Amman, Jordan as an IB/PYP Coordinator.

strongly believe that through proper curriculum mapping and creating a culture of passionate educators that share the same mission, true learning will come to life. We have success stories to share because of integrating the SDGs to our curriculum; examples include Run 4 Refugees initiative, Green Wheels Project, Change for Life Initiative, Peace Christmas wrapping paper designs by students, etc……

Trish O'Neill@murooneillUnited States

A citizen of the world, Trish has grown up in a bilingual (Italian and English) home and has traveled to several countries. It is her passion for our cultures that help her in her profession as an E.L.L. teacher. Ms. O'Neill is in her ninth year teaching English Language Learners from around the world. When teaching her students she believes that each student has many voices from their countries, cultures and becoming new members of the Philadelphia community; to create their own stories. When teaching her students she connects these "stories" into the lessons that they are learning. Often times lessons are collaborated with local organizations to make them more hands-on and to have students understand their community.

Some of these projects have been creating a video about how different countries get clean water, using Genius hour to create projects that students can do in school to help the global community and reading about Noble Peace Prize winners. Ms. O'Neill hopes to develop more lessons this year with the help of an expanding network of educators.

Lisa Parisi@LParisiUnited States

Lisa Parisi is a veteran elementary teacher, with over 30 years of experience. She is the co-author of Making Connections with Blogging, published by ISTE, and a frequent conference presenter on such topics as Globalizing the Classroom, Project Based Learning, UDL, and Responsive Classroom. She is a Global Teacher Prize finalist, as well as an award winner for various global projects she created and ran.

Lisa believes that it will be up to this next generation of children to make the work better. Her passion for improving the world and teaching her students about the SDGs is demonstrated frequently with her work at Denton Avenue School, a public elementary school on Long Island, NY, USA, where she teaches gifted elementary students, project Lead The Way, and is the Science Lead Teacher for her school. She uses her time with her gifted students to promote her global SDG projects, helping her students learn about and create action plans to solve the problems of the world. She promotes her work and her students' work globally, posting blogs, using social media sites, and running projects for other children to join in the fight for a better planet.

Jonathan Butemba is a Public Health practitioner with over 10 years’ volunteer experience working with community-based organizations in peri-urban slum communities in Uganda. He is currently a postgraduate student at New York University’s College of Global Public Health pursuing a Masters of Public Health Degree-Sustainable Development Goals and an ACFEE Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences from Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and has previously worked with the Global Emergency Care Collaborative to develop pre hospital emergency care systems in rural Uganda. He is passionate about the role of Education in achieving the UN Agenda 2030, and will be working to mobilize and inspire Teachers and Students in schools to take actions towards the Sustainable Development Goals through TeachSDGs and Microsoft Educator Communities of Practice. Jonathan lives in Kampala, Uganda (East Africa). ​Alex Birchenall is an assistant principal at the North Broward Preparatory School in South Florida. He believes that students can and should have a voice in the future of sustainable development. He has helped to develop curriculum for Nord Anglia Education, using design thinking to create student action projects that address the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development. UN Global Goals Projects give students the opportunity to connect with experts and organizations in order to gain a deep understanding of global issues while engaging in authentic real-world problem solving. In July 2017 Alex led workshops for high school students from around the world at Nord Anglia’s inaugural UN Global Summit. Students at the summit presented to world leaders at the UN High Level Political Forum on how students can take action on the SDGs. Through his work with #teachsdgs, Alex hopes to expand a network of educational and organizational partnerships that can create ambitious learning opportunities for the next generation of global citizens.

Deepti is a post-graduate student of Environment Management and has been working on developmental issues for the last thirteen years. She has conducted workshops with school children including informal schools, college students and communities on hygiene, waste management, climate change and disaster resilience, water conservation, and pollution. Building upon her work on the Millennium Development Goals, she is passionate about strengthening the knowledge of the Global Goals. Besides designing workshop material and conducting workshops, she has prepared proposals, reports, articles, newsletters and other communication material related to the SDGs for international organizations. She is a member of the Climate Reality Leader Corps network initiated by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. As a Climate Reality Leader, she raises awareness on climate change, shares knowledge on best practices and resilience initiatives, advocates the uptake of local solutions with communities and local public bodies, and facilitates adoption of climate resilience and carbon footprint reduction measures.

Emma Nääs is a teacher in Sweden. She has a masters degree in Swedish, Social Studies, and English from Gothenburg University. She teaches at a very small school with only 100 students, but when she teaches, she has the whole world as her classroom. Her vision is that "with a friend in as many countries as possible, it is harder to start a war." She thinks that the SDGs should be present in everything we do in school to educate students to become empathic citizens of the world. For her work, she received the European Language Label from the European Commission and Swedish Board of Education.She is also one of three finalists for the prestigious Swedish Teacher Award "Guldäpplet," and has been selected a Microsoft MIE Fellow, a Skype Master teacher, and Ambassador for Project Kakuma. She strives to make learning real and have students feel that their voices are heard. She believes that if we teach our future generations that they matter and that we take them seriously, we will create future leaders ready to take responsibility for making this world a better place for all. She is honored and excited to become a TeachSDGs ambassador and is ready to begin this important work.

Susanna Jilka@woodstocksjAustria

Susanna is a math, biology, chemistry and physics teacher, a Project Kakuma Ambassador, and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert and Fellow. As a Skype Master teacher She loves to open her classroom to the world and to use new technologies in education. As a mentor she is teaching pre-service teachers at the Pedagogical High School of Vienna."Real world problems and STEM-teaching should go together. One without the other is just learning. I’m confessing that we need to build knowledge and we must deal with urgent worldwide questions. We use math every day, everywhere, so we have to learn how to use it in order to solve problems. With STEM, we can add a lot of aspects to a problem and make it easier to find a solution. To enable our students to collaborate will be the key to success. When we are working together and value every single step, as small as it may seem, we will be able to solve big problems of the present and the future. So teaching the Sustainable Development Goals is teaching how to work together in order to make this world a good place to live in.”Susanna joined the Human Differences Project in summer 2017 and will work on the Climate Action Project in October 2017.

Eileen Heller​@eileenhellerUnited States

Eileen Heller is honored to work with teachers in the Omaha Public Schools district in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as an instructional technology trainer. She also serves as a Microsoft Innovative Educator and Skype Master. She is focused on supporting teachers in their effort to prepare students for success in the 21st century by designing and implementing learning activities that combines curriculum with interdisciplinary connections, fosters global competencies, and empowers students to utilize technology in a meaningful way in order to solve real-world problems and address authentic audiences.She is passionate about working with teachers to connect their students globally through project based learning and believes the Global Goals along with Skype in the Classroom can lead to powerful learning experiences. The ability to connect with experts in the field, sharing ideas with other students, or showcasing projects wrapped around the Global Goals via Skype allows the students to learn with no boundaries. Being new to the Global Goals herself since December 2016, she was overwhelmed by the amazing resources and the magnitude of projects others were creating. She wanted to share with educators in her district a way to get started with the Global Goals in their classroom and developed the Global Goals Starter Kit. This allowed for teachers to feel comfortable leading their students towards learning and working towards the goals along with successful connections via Skype with other classrooms across the world that were taking part in similar efforts. Eileen is excited to learn from other #TeachSDGs ambassadors through the program. She looks forward to spreading the mission of the program across her district and beyond. You can read more about why she became passionate about #Teach SDGs in her blog post, "How Can You and Your Students Make and Impact on the World". You are part of the solution.